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Sam Darnold said all the right things in his U.S. Open cameo

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Jets quarterback Sam Darnold at the U.S. Open. Corey Sipkin

The context was a bit out of kilter: Sam Darnold, the Jets’ first-round draft pick and hopeful franchise-quarterback ticket to a first Super Bowl nearly 50 years, roaming the U.S. Open grounds Saturday at Shinnecock Hills.

A guy wearing a white polo shirt with a Giants logo on the left chest, politely stopped Darnold and asked for a quick picture with him.

“We’ve got to get you a Jets polo,’’ Darnold told him with a smile.